--- title: "8 Seeing Quotes By Temple Grandin" description: "8 Seeing quotes by Temple Grandin. Plus more from Temple Grandin and more Seeing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d7/temple-grandin-1219_addicted_i-m-seeing-too-many-geeky-nerdy-kids-get_327991.png" --- > [I'm seeing too many geeky, nerdy kids get addicted to video games and they're going nowhere. It's making me crazy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/i-m-seeing-too-many-geeky-nerdy-kids-get-addicted-to-video-games-and/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d7/temple-grandin-1219_addicted_i-m-seeing-too-many-geeky-nerdy-kids-get_327991.png) > [My mind sort of works like a search engine. You ask me something, and I start seeing pictures.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/my-mind-sort-of-works-like-a-search-engine-you-ask-me-something-and-i/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3bb/temple-grandin-1219_ask_my-mind-sort-of-works-like-a-search-engi_612043.png) > [I'm seeing too many kids where they get fixated on their own autism. I'd rather have them get fixated that they like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/i-m-seeing-too-many-kids-where-they-get-fixated-on-their-own-autism-i/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cc1/temple-grandin-1219_art_i-m-seeing-too-many-kids-where-they-get_636052.jpg) > [I'm seeing too many kind of socially awkward kids that get through schools and then they can't hold a job because they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/i-m-seeing-too-many-kind-of-socially-awkward-kids-that-get-through/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d86/temple-grandin-1219_awkward_i-m-seeing-too-many-kind-of-socially-awk_864020.png) > [I'm seeing too many smart kind of socially awkward kids, a lot milder than I was, not getting employment because they're not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/i-m-seeing-too-many-smart-kind-of-socially-awkward-kids-a-lot-milder/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9ce/temple-grandin-1219_awkward_i-m-seeing-too-many-smart-kind-of-social_902536.png) > [I'm a child of the 50s. I was expected to have table manners. There needs to be some expectations for behavior. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/i-m-a-child-of-the-50s-i-was-expected-to-have-table-manners-there/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b94/temple-grandin-1219_behavior_i-m-a-child-of-the-50s-i-was-expected-to_1561455.jpg) > [I get satisfaction out of seeing stuff that makes real change in the real world. We need a lot more of that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/i-get-satisfaction-out-of-seeing-stuff-that-makes-real-change-in-the/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b22/temple-grandin-1219_abstract_i-get-satisfaction-out-of-seeing-stuff-t_2562236.png) > [All children in the '50s were taught manners, they were taught to say please and thank you, they were taught not to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/all-children-in-the-50s-were-taught-manners-they-were-taught-to-say/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/575/temple-grandin-1219_children_all-children-in-the-50s-were-taught-mann_2730884.png) ## Other authors on Seeing ## More by Temple Grandin > [My problems are sort of more on a nuisance level. I can't stand scratchy clothes, I've got to have soft kinds of cotton against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/my-problems-are-sort-of-more-on-a-nuisance-level-i-can-t-stand/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) > [Language just gradually came in, one or two stressed words a time. Before then, I would just scream. I couldn't talk. I couldn't get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/language-just-gradually-came-in-one-or-two-stressed-words-a-time/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) > [Autism is a big continuum, going from someone who remains nonverbal, all the way up to geniuses on Silicon Valley. And some kids are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/autism-is-a-big-continuum-going-from-someone-who-remains-nonverbal/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) > [Some people with autism who don't talk, all they hear are vowel sounds. Like if I said 'cup,' they might just hear 'uh.'](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/some-people-with-autism-who-don-t-talk-all-they-hear-are-vowel-sounds/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) > [Mild autism can give you a genius like Einstein. If you have severe autism, you could remain nonverbal. You don't want people to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/mild-autism-can-give-you-a-genius-like-einstein-if-you-have-severe/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) > [Animals do have emotion. But fear tends to be one of the most primal emotions.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/animals-do-have-emotion-but-fear-tends-to-be-one-of-the-most-primal/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) > [I think that the definition of autism is too broad. You got to remember, autism definition is a behavioral profiling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/i-think-that-the-definition-of-autism-is-too-broad-you-got-to/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) > [People can live up to high standards, but they can't live up to perfection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/people-can-live-up-to-high-standards-but-they-can-t-live-up-to/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) > [There is a small segment of people with autism that have savant skills, where they can memorize entire maps of whole entire city. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/there-is-a-small-segment-of-people-with-autism-that-have-savant/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) > [“There's a point where anecdotal evidence becomes truth”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/there-s-a-point-where-anecdotal-evidence-becomes-truth/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) > [here's certain things that are similar to cats and dogs. Dogs are just hyper social and they have a want to please you way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/here-s-certain-things-that-are-similar-to-cats-and-dogs-dogs-are-just/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) > [People talk about curing autism. But if you got rid of all those traits, who's going to make the next computer?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/people-talk-about-curing-autism-but-if-you-got-rid-of-all-those/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) > [It is important that our relationship with farm animals is reciprocal. We owe animals a decent life and a painless death. I have observed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/it-is-important-that-our-relationship-with-farm-animals-is-reciprocal/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) > [In a dog social cue from a master can override where he saw the being placed. That won’t happen unless we have bred a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/in-a-dog-social-cue-from-a-master-can-override-where-he-saw-the-being/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) > [Well the dog that is the most is the a Labrador retrievers because they tolerate kids tugging on them and things better than other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/temple-grandin/well-the-dog-that-is-the-most-is-the-a-labrador-retrievers-because/) [Temple Grandin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/temple-grandin/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/seeing/temple-grandin/#itemlist", "name": "8 Seeing Quotes By Temple Grandin", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I'm seeing too many geeky, nerdy kids get addicted to video games and they're going nowhere. 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